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Ohio Lottery numbers
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Here are the Ohio Lottery day and night selections Friday:...

Diaz, Kemp share Farr lead
SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) -- Laura Diaz barely remembers the last time she led an LPGA Tour event. Sarah Kemp never had....

Ohio Reserve unit wages war on ND mosquitoes
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- An Ohio Air Force Reserve unit charged with controlling mosquitoes during wartime is using bug-bitten North Dakota as a practice ground again this summer....

State chooses downtown Cleveland site for hospital
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The state has chosen downtown Cleveland over the suburbs for a new $84 million psychiatric hospital....

Ohio casinos could mean less money for state
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Multimillion-dollar downpayments on racetrack slots proposed by Gov. Ted Strickland are at risk if Ohio voters approve a competing casino plan in November, the chief executive of a major racing company said Friday....

Reds put IF Richar on DL, activate IF Encarnacion
CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Reds activated third baseman Edwin Encarnacion from the 60-day disabled list Friday to replace infielder Danny Richar, who went on the 15-day disabled list with a torn labrum in his left shoulder....

Terms of slots deals in other states
An Ohio proposal counts on $65 million in license fee revenue, giving operators a 50 percent share and returning 4 percent to horsemen. Terms of the arrangements several other states have in place for video lottery terminals:...

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Ohio relaxes rules for state police media comment
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The agency overseeing Ohio's state troopers said it will relax a new policy that warned employees they could face discipline, including being fired, for releasing unauthorized information....

Ohio critics of GM closure want factory saved
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio....

Play recalls Ohio orphanage that housed thousands
XENIA, Ohio (AP) -- A new play commemorates the thousands of children who passed through the now defunct Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphanage....

Bidding on baseball letters suspended amid inquiry
NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities are looking into whether a newly discovered trove of letters to one of baseball's founding fathers contains documents that disappeared long ago from the New York Public Library....



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Prosecutors: Demjanjuk fit to stand trial
MUNICH (AP) -- Doctors have determined that John Demjanjuk is fit to stand trial on charges that he was an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp, prosecutors said Friday....

Ohio Reserve unit wages war on ND mosquitoes
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- An Ohio Air Force Reserve unit charged with controlling mosquitoes during wartime is using bug-bitten North Dakota as a practice ground again this summer....

Ohio casinos could mean less money for state
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Multimillion-dollar downpayments on racetrack slots proposed by Gov. Ted Strickland are at risk if Ohio voters approve a competing casino plan in November, the chief executive of a major racing company said Friday....

Ohio critics of GM closure want factory saved
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio....

Bidding on baseball letters suspended amid inquiry
NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities are looking into whether a newly discovered trove of letters to one of baseball's founding fathers contains documents that disappeared long ago from the New York Public Library....

Job seekers seek solace with fellow faithful
BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) -- Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk....

Baseball trove could contain docs vanished from NY
NEW YORK (AP) -- A collection of letters by one of baseball's founding fathers has been pulled from auction while authorities look into whether the trove contains documents that vanished from New York....

States set to ring in Independence Day sans budget
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Several states are facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts as they enter the first weekend of the fiscal year and July Fourth holiday without a budget in place....



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